Chia-Ling Phuah, MD, MMSc

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Chia-Ling Phuah received her MD degree from the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom), and completed her residency in Neurology, and fellowship in Neurocritical Care with the Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School training program. She subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in stroke genetics with the Center for Human Genetics Research (MGH)/ Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA. She joined the Neurocritical Care Section at Washington University School of Medicine in July 2016. Dr. Phuah’s research program is focused on understanding the pathophysiology of cerebrovascular disease by leveraging big data approaches in combining genetic, clinical, and neuroimaging data, with the overarching goal of deriving clinical relevant information to drive innovations in treatment strategies, and improve precision in clinical decision-making and risk stratification. In particular, her current efforts focus on dissecting the contribution of cerebral small vessel disease in vascular and mixed dementias using multidisciplinary and multiphenotype approaches in order to develop strategies for prevention and treatment of cognitive decline in cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative disorders.

Education

2003, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, BA Hons (Cantab): University of Cambridge, UK